A military judge sentenced Private Bradley Manning, who famously leaked classified US documents to Wikileaks, to 35 years in prison for violating the Espionage Act. Manning also received a dishonorable discharge from… Read more »
The detention of a journalist’s partner and seizure of his electronics, combined with the British government’s threats towards the Guardian for its reporting, make the case that we need something like… Read more »
A US Military judge acquitted Private Bradley Manning, who gave government documents to the website Wikileaks, of “aiding the enemy,” a charge that could have resulted in a life sentence. The… Read more »
The prosecution in Bradley Manning’s trial appears to be trying to draw a hard line between real journalism and an entity like WikiLeaks — but as Harvard law professor Yochai Benkler… Read more »
It may not have been involved in the latest revelations about the NSA’s spying program, but the existence of a stateless repository for leaks would make it easier for similar information… Read more »
At peak traffic of 300Gbps, the Spamhaus attack is probably unprecedented. But has it really had as big an effect as is suggested in some reports? Here’s what’s going on. Read more »
Harvard law professor Yochai Benkler says that WikiLeaks clearly qualifies as a media entity, and argues that by pursuing Bradley Manning for aiding the enemy, the government is putting journalism at… Read more »
During his court-martial trial, Bradley Manning said that he tried to contact journalists at the New York Times and the Washington Post but got no interest and then decided to leak… Read more »
The debate over whether WikiLeaks should be seen as a media entity like the New York Times took on a new urgency this week after the military prosecutor in whistleblower Bradley… Read more »